No blemishes found in Des Moines financial audit

Revenues, notably those collected through fines, rise.

12:41 AM,
Jan. 8, 2013

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A city gets little glory for a solid financial audit, Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark said Monday.

The city received another clean review of its financial statements during its audit for the 2012 fiscal year, a fiscal fitness test examining all of Des Moines' multiple revenues and expenses. Still, that won't land the city lavish recognition, Clark said.

"It seems like the only time you hear about audit reports are when they're bad and you get it on the front page of the paper," he said during a presentation on the audit. "It won't get a whole lot of notoriety. But it is very significant." ...